1.In accordance with Article 3 (2) of the Protocol, "[a]ny State becoming a Contracting Party to the Agreement after the entry into force of the present Protocol shall be a Contracting Party to the Agreement as amended by the Protocol."

2.The former Yugoslavia had accepted the Protocol on 1 October 1976. See also note 1 under “Bosnia and Herzegovina”, “Croatia”, “former Yugoslavia”, “Slovenia”, “The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and “Yugoslavia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.

3.See note 1 under “Germany” regarding Berlin (West) in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.

4.The German Democratic Republic had accepted the Protocol on 10 August 1976. See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.

5.See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.